ought

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verb

1.
(form of, obsolete, past)simple past of owe
2.
(auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Indicating duty or obligation.
I ought to vote in the coming election.
3.
(auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Indicating advisability or prudence.
You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform.
Do you think we ought to leave now?
4.
(auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Indicating desirability.
He ought to read the book; it was very good.
5.
(auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Indicating likelihood or probability.
We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?

pronoun

1.
(alt of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Alternative spelling of aught; anything

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adverb

1.
(alt of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal, not comparable)Alternative spelling of aught; at all, to any degree.

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noun

Plural noun:

oughts

1.
(auxiliary, dialectal, formal)A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case.
2.
(alt of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal)Alternative spelling of aught; cipher, zero, nought.

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be supposed toshould

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oughtismoughtnesshad oughthadn't oughtis-ought problemno better than one ought to beought-not-nessthere ought to be a lawought to

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (to own, possess), equivalent to owe + -t.